ECONOMY, Latest Updates
After years of stalemate, NOC announces a month’s pay as bonus to staffers
After years of stalemate, NOC announces a month’s pay as bon...
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) on Saturday announced to provide a month’s pay as a bonus to its employees although its similar announcements in the past were barred by various government bodies including parliamentary committees.
Jan 12, 2020
ECONOMY, Latest Updates
Rs 1.68 million in expedition royalties collected this winter
Rs 1.68 million in expedition royalties collected this winte...
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: The government has collected Rs 1.68 million as royalty as of Saturday from mountaineers for winter expeditions to different mountains.
Jan 12, 2020
POLITICS, Latest Updates
NCP urges deputy speaker to resign for electing new speaker
NCP urges deputy speaker to resign for electing new speaker
KATHMANDU, Jan 12: More than three months after then speaker of the House of Representatives Krishna Bahadur Mahara resigned from the position, the ruling Nepal Communist Party has sought the resignation of Deputy Speaker Shivamaya Tumbahangphe also.
Jan 12, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Why Morals Matter in Foreign Policy
Why Morals Matter in Foreign Policy
CAMBRIDGE – When I told a friend I had just written a book on morality and foreign policy, she quipped: “It must be a very short book.” Such skepticism is common. An Internet search shows surprisingly few books on how US presidents’ moral views affected their foreign policies. As the eminent politic...
Jan 12, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
Guilty pleasure
Guilty pleasure
Can pleasures be guilty? Or can a pleasure make a person feel guilty? In an article published in The New York Times on July 1, 2019, Micaela Marini Higgs mentions Sami Schalk, an assistant professor of gender and women’s studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as saying “guilty pleasure is so...
Jan 12, 2020
OPINION, Latest Updates
The wildlife lesson
The wildlife lesson
Having been selected as one of the candidates in Wildlife Research Techniques Training (WRTT) 2019, I was immensely overwhelmed and excited to explore more about my interest. WRTT is a remarkable training platform for students who are willing to develop a career in wildlife sector. This training is...
Jan 12, 2020
SOCIETY, Latest Updates
Police arrest owner of crusher plant in connection with murder
Police arrest owner of crusher plant in connection with murd...
DHANUSHA, Jan 12: Police on Saturday arrested a driver and owner of a crusher industry accused of murdering a young activist Om Prakash Mahato for raising voice against illegal extraction of aggregate from a local river in Dhanusha.
Jan 12, 2020
Editorial, Latest Updates
Rein in Crusher Mafias
Rein in Crusher Mafias
The ‘murder’ of a 24-year-old activist in Dhanusha on Friday by ‘crusher mafia’ spells disaster for our federal republic. From Kathmandu to local levels, politicians and mafia have been looting state resources with impunity. The murder of Om Prakash (Dilip Kumar) Mahato is a manifestation of larger...
Jan 12, 2020
My City, Entertainment
Selena Gomez drops new album 'Rare'
Selena Gomez drops new album 'Rare'
Selena Gomez has released her new album 'Rare' and the singer says working on it brought her "healing" after she went through a turbulent few years.
Jan 11, 2020
My City, Gen-Next, Slammed
City Seen From the Front Yard
City Seen From the Front Yard
Night after night,
The city burgeoned upwards the landscape; making bland
The entertainment of my plays.
Jan 11, 2020